Comprehensive Catalog 2019-2020

GLOBAL STUDIES

MAJOR WORLD RELIGIONS

AN IN-DEPTH EXAMINATION OF THE HISTORIES AND PRACTICES OF THE LARGEST RELIGIONS IN THE WORLD.

Well-balanced,comprehensivetextsonIslamforthe middlegradesarefewandfarbetween,andAshkar’s carefullycraftedresource—appendedwitha timeline,glossary,furtherreading,andlistofMuslim organizations—willnotonlybeawelcomeaddition toshelves,butanecessaryone. —Booklist

6 VOLUME SET © 2018 Set ISBN ........... 978-1-4222-3815-8 Hardcover Set Price.............$207.60 $155.70 (S&L) Hardcover List Price ..............$34.60 $25.95 (S&L) Multi-User eBook List Price ..$43.93 $32.95 (S&L)

Full Color • Library Bound Trim Size: 7 x 9 • 112 Pages Grade Level: 7-12

HBK ISBN

E-ISBN -7969-4 -7970-0 -7971-7 -7972-4 -7973-1 -7974-8

Buddhism......................................... -3816-5 Christianity ...................................... -3817-2 Hinduism.......................................... -3818-9 Islam................................................ -3819-6 Judaism........................................... -3820-2 Sikhism............................................ -3821-9

A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF ISLAM AND ITS TEACHINGS, DISCUSSING IMPORTANT GLOBAL ISSUES SURROUNDING THE RELIGION.

UNDERSTANDING ISLAM

Providesdemographicinformationabouthowthe Muslimpopulationisdistributedworldwideand basicinformationaboutreligiousbeliefs,thehistory ofIslamicgovernment,andthebasisforIslamiclaw. —Booklist Thisserieswouldbeawelcomeadditiontothe high-schoollibrary. —LibraryMediaConnection

8 VOLUME SET © 2017 Set ISBN ...................... 978-1-4222-3670-3 Hardcover Set Price........................$276.80 Hardcover List Price .........................$34.60 Multi-User eBook List Price .............$43.93 Full Color • Library Bound Trim Size: 7 ½ x 9 ½ • 112 Pages Grade Level: 7-12

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HBK ISBN E-ISBN An Overview: Who are the Muslims? ...................... -3677-2 -8115-4 Ideas & Daily Life in the Muslim World Today......... -3671-0 -8109-3 Islam: Core Beliefs and Practices ........................... -3672-7 -8110-9 Islamism & Fundamentalism in the Modern World... -3673-4 -8111-6 Muslim Heroes and Holy Places ............................. -3675-8 -8113-0 Muslims in America ................................................ -3676-5 -8114-7 The Monotheistic Faiths: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam ........................................................ -3674-1 -8112-3 The Struggle for Identity: Islam and the West......... -3678-9 -8116-1

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